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Articles tagged with: Union and School
Invest in High Speed Internet, Says Scholar to African Leaders
Deliberations are underway in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa ahead of Sunday's 14th Ordinary Summit of the African union heads of state. more
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Handset Manufacturers Could Benefit from Slower Sales
Americans buy new cell phones every 18 months, Europeans buy them every 15 months, and the Japanese every 9 months. Global replacement rates for digital cameras range between two and three years. And U.S. businesses replace their PCs every four years. Where do most of these used products go? Directly into the trash. Indeed, in the United States alone, consumers throw away 400 million electronic products each year. more
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Union Calls for Mobile Phone Ban in Nurseries
The UK's union for school teachers, Voice (formerly Professional Association of Teacher) is calling for nursery staff to be banned from carrying mobile phones while at work. more
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School Sued for "Illegal" Cell Phone Search
The American Civil Liberties union and the ACLU of Mississippi have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of a middle school student, who it says was wrongfully expelled from school after authorities illegally searched his cell phone and found what they claimed were photos depicting "gang-related activity" - when in reality the photos mainly depicted the student dancing in the bathroom of his own home. more
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EU Telecom Regulation May Hurt Invest in New Tech - Report
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- The European union risks strangling investment in new telecommunications networks with its continued push to regulate how dominant operators grant network access to smaller players, according to a report by economic consulting firm LECG LLC. more
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Teachers want Mobile Phones Treated as Offensive Weapons
The UK teachers union, the NASUWT is calling on the government to categorise mobile phones as "potentially offensive weapons" when on school property. The rather extreme moves comes from the increase in pupils taking photos of teachers and uploading them to social networking websites such as MySpace and Bebo. At a meeting of the DfES Cyber bullying Task Group the union pressed for the proposals it has already put to Ministers to combat these activities to be taken forward. more
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Explosions Destroy Russian Cellphone Towers
Two cellphone base station towers have been destroyed in explosions in Russia's North Ossetia. The region which borders Georgia's South Ossetia, has been subject to some ethnic conflicts, and following the Beslan School siege, attitudes to central Moscow have hardened. The Interfax news agency reported that no injuries occurred at the explosion near the villages of Kurtak and Dachnoye, citing local police. A second base station was destroyed in the regional capital, Vladikavkaz. more
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Regional CDMA Growth Requires Additional Resources
The CDMA Development Group (CDG) has announced the appointment of Dr. Chungming An, as the CDG's Vice President for Greater China and Southeast Asia. Based in Taipei, Dr. An will represent the CDG and work closely with governments and regulators, as well as CDG member operators and manufacturers, to ensure the continued growth of CDMA2000 in the region as the market transitions to 3G. more
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